Midtown NYC

Opened in January of 2008 and expanded in 2010, the New York City office is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan. We offer personalized therapy in a friendly and comfortable environment in our New York City office. We try to make utilizing our services convenient for our patients as we offer hours early morning, midday, and after work. Our office is extremely accessible via subway and bus. Jim Trakis, DPT and Evan Bracconeri, DPT are the therapists at our NYC location and keep the rehabilitative process efficient and positive. With over fifteen years of combined experience, Jim and Evan are committed to providing the highest quality of patient first therapy. Our support staff is enthusiastic about making your experience at Fortius hassle free and take care of everything from making sure you understand your insurance benefits to making you a vitamin drink and playing your favorite song!

In addition to physical therapy services, the NYC office serves as the hub for our Run Club and we perform running evaluations in house at the NYC office. One on one sports conditioning programs are also offered in the NYC office, while team ACL injury prevention training and other conditioning programs are held on site at the New York Athletic Club and at the New York Shamrocks training facility. We are here to make you rehabilitative process as awesome as possible so give us a call!

Our Staff

Our physical therapists offer you a wealth of experiences, as well as personal experience just like yours.

Dr. Jim Trakis

Owner/Physical Therapist

Dr. Jim Trakis has been in the physical therapy/ sports medicine field since 2003. He graduated from Gettysburg College with a BA in Biology in 2000, and completed his doctoral degree in physical therapy at Drexel University thereafter. As part of his training, he completed an extended clinical internship specializing in the application of manual physical therapy techniques. Jim has since garnered over 13 years of experience treating orthopedic and sports medicine related injuries. He specializes in understanding how your injury affects your life and generating the most specific rehabilitative program for you. He utilizes an eclectic combination of manual therapy techniques, therapeutic exercises, taping techniques, and modalities to help restore function. He is also a Graston trained clinician and routinely uses video analysis software to help diagnose movement dysfunction in patients as part of his repertoire.

Jim opened Fortius Physical Therapy, in New York City in 2008 and opened a second office in Moorestown, New Jersey, in January of 2015. He currently manages both locations. In addition to providing physical therapy services, Jim helps coordinate sports medicine coverage and off-season conditioning/ ACL injury prevention programs for the New York Athletic Club. Injury prevention has always been an interest of Jim’s. In 2006-2008 he carried out a study to gain further understanding of the association of muscle strength imbalances and throwing related injuries in pitchers. He subsequently published the results as the lead author in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. He is currently working with the local baseball players to integrate this these principles in an effort to maintain health and performance throughout the year. Jim is a certified sportsmetrics trainer as well. Sportsmetrics is an ACL injury prevention regime geared at keeping athletes in running and cutting sports healthy. He enjoys working with motivated individuals across the lifespan in an effort to help them achieve their goals!

Jim, his wife, and three children live in Moorestown New Jersey. He enjoys being involved in his children’s activities and watching them grow up! Jim is active with his children as a travel baseball coach, soccer coach, and flag football coach. He stays busy himself in local adult basketball and softball leagues and enjoys running.

Dr. Evan Bracconeri

Physical Therapist

Dr. Evan Bracconeri graduated with honors from the University at Buffalo in 2008 and went on to attend Columbia University, where he received his Doctorate of Physical Therapy in 2012. During his time at Columbia, Evan completed rotations in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, with special emphasis on the endurance athlete. Evan completed his final internship experience learning under Dr. Jim Trakis at Fortius Physical Therapy. Since graduating, Evan has enjoyed expanding his knowledge and expertise, treating a wide variety of orthopedic, neurological and sports injuries throughout the New York City and Westchester area. He likes to employ a hands on approach to therapy, utilizing different manual therapy concepts to help his patients recover as fast as possible and has focused post-graduate studies on mastering new techniques. He is a provider of Graston Technique, an instrument-assisted soft tissue technique used to break down scar tissue and improve mobility to facilitate recovery. His treatments are always goal oriented, helping patients return to everything from pain free walking to marathon racing.

Evan has a special interest in spinal conditions. He treats a wide variety of neck and back conditions and helps patients adapt work place setups, home arrangements and gym routines to eliminate their pain and prevent future complications. He also helps run Fortius’ gait analysis program, utilizing slow motion video to break down walking and running style and help pinpoint possible causes of their current injury or find ways to prevent future overuse injuries.

Evan has served as a clinical instructor for both Columbia University and Drexel doctoral physical therapy students since 2014 and continues to do so today. He also has assisted with directing injury prevention and conditioning programs for the New York Athletic Club and New York Shamrocks soccer clubs.

Dr. Bracconeri has been with Fortius since 2013. He is a native of the NYC area and currently resides in Mamaroneck, NY. He is an avid runner and has competed in numerous distance races, including the New York City Marathon and Ironman 70.3 Syracuse. He is currently working on completing a half marathon race in each state.

Dr. Demetri Dimitriadis

Physical Therapist

Dr. Demetri Dimitriadis earned his undergraduate degree in Biology in 2001 from Columbia University where he was a 4-year member of the Division-I Intercollegiate Wrestling Team. He returned to Columbia to earn his Doctor of Physical Therapy degree in 2011, where he completed advanced coursework in clinical orthopedics and rotations in sports medicine, orthopedics, and neurological rehabilitation. Demetri enjoys treating a diverse patient population and has multiple interests including sports medicine, post-operative conditions, manual therapy, biomechanics and movement dysfunctions, injury prevention, and health and wellness. He incorporates the most current evidence-based research and uses a hands-on approach in developing individualized treatments and promoting optimal function and recovery for his patients.

Demetri is an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association, and is currently pursuing board certification as an Orthopedic Certified Specialist (OCS) as well as a rigorous manual therapy certification through the North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy (NAIOMT). He also recently received his Titleist Performance Institute Certification helping golfers improve their game and prevent injury.

Demetri is a native of Fort Lee, NJ, and currently resides there with his wife and two children. In his free time, Demetri enjoys playing guitar, golf, running, and spending time with his family and friends.

Jennifer Munoz

Office Manager

Originally a patient at Fortius PT, Jenn became an office manager in early 2016. Born and raised in New York, Jenn holds a BA in Psychology from New York University and wants to pursue a career in the clinical medical field. Her favorite part of the job is cheering on the patients while they work hard, and watching the healing transformation as they go from struggling with basic activities to walking out a completely different person. Jenn loves to play all sports, especially softball, and participates in several Brooklyn leagues.

Angela Castaldi-Berger

Billing Manager

Angela Castaldi Berger has been the billing manager at Fortius Physical Therapy since the opening day in 2008. She and Jim worked together previously, and when he started the new practice she was the first member of the new team. She handles all of the bills and claims, and is available to answer questions that patients may have. She aims to help make the medical claims process as seamless as possible.

Adam Gallob

PT Aide/Office Manager

Adam, a New Jersey native, began his career at Fortius PT as a patient and was recruited from the treatment table to become an office manager, a position he has held for more than a year. As office manager, he has worked hard to give patients the highest quality of service and keep the office running smoothly. When not working at FortiusPT, Adam works as a professional classical musician in the NY/NJ area.

Katherine Nicholas

PT Aide/Office Manager

Katherine came to Fortius as a private yoga instructor looking to gain more knowledge of advanced western therapeutic exercises so she could have a greater range of healing tools to offer her clients. Additionally, she has many therapeutic yoga workshops under her belt to ensure safety and to help heal injuries as well as cross training in the fitness world to build strength. Katherine is extremely patient, encouraging, friendly, fun and flexible. She listens closely to make sure people feel at ease, capable and safe during their experience moving forward in health.

Jonathan Eng

PT Aide/Office Manager

Jonathan Eng, hailing from Brooklyn, NY is one of our PT aides here at Fortius. He earned his BS in Neuroscience from Binghamton University and has returned to the big city to pursue a career in the medical field. Jonathan is passionate about delivering a healthcare experience centered around the patients. Outside of the office you can find Jonathan participating in the NYC ultimate frisbee scene, or recording acoustic music for his modest Youtube channel.